Mum Zoe James was shocked when police knocked on her door, asking about a baby she’d left in her car.

Zoe James from Pontypridd, Wales, took to Facebook to share the awkward encounter she had with her local police.

In her post, she explained how she was shocked when they appeared on her doorstep:

‘Just had a knock on the door and I opened it thinking it was the postman with my parcel I’ve been waiting for and to my surprise it was 4 police men and women!!

‘They asked me how long I’d been home and if I could open my car for them 🤔 I s**t myself and got my keys and opened the door for them.’

Not knowing why they wanted to look in the car, Zoe was confused:

‘They then asked why I would leave a newborn baby in the car on its own so I explained my baby was 5 years old now and I had just dropped him to school with his 2 older sisters.’

But that wasn’t the baby the police were talking about …

‘One of the officers reached in and pulled a baby car seat out and said “this baby” 👶 I automatically laughed but the police woman didn’t find it funny and said that it was an offence to leave a baby unattended’.

Little did the police know, it wasn’t actually a real baby tucked up in the car seat.

‘I quickly reached into the car seat and unwrapped the “baby” out of its blanket to show them that it was Tess’s reborn that she had left in there,’ Zoe said.

Looking back at the incident laughing, Zoe said ‘these kids will be the death of me’.

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Leaving your child on their own

The law doesn’t state an age when you can leave a child on their own.

However, it’s an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk.

Parents can be prosecuted if they leave a child unsupervised ‘in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health.’